Declarations of independency in Eighteenth-Century American autobiography

In this ambitious work, Susan Clair Imbarrato examines the changes in the American autobiographical voice as it speaks through the transition from a colonial society to an independent republic.Imbarrato charts the development of early American autobiography from the self-examination mode of the Puri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Imbarrato, Susan Clair, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : Newfound Press 1998
1998
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From self-examination to autobiography
  • Declaring the self in the spiritual sphere : Elizabeth Ashbridge and Jonathan Edwards
  • Declaring the self in the social sphere : Dr. Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth House Trist
  • Declaring the self in the political sphere : Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.